Chapter 5 MGMT

The purpose of tort law is:

Compensation Justice Deterrence Social insurance

Strict liability in torts is:

Liability without fault/ normally limited to abnormally dangerous activities

Defenses to trespass include all of the following:

A trespasser enters the property to assist a non-trespasser who is in danger; A trespasser enters the property to assist even a trespasser who is in danger; A trespasser enters the property to save the property from danger

Which of the following are protected by copyright law?

Architectural designs Writing a story about a historical event

One of the biggest companies to benefit from the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act of 1998, as discussed in class, was:

Disney

You are at a party and Herman gets very drunk. You try to take his keys away from him so that he will not drive home drunk. To get the keys away from Herman you hold him down and make him give you the keys by force. Herman is not hurt. Once he sobers up, Herman sues you for assault, battery and false imprisonment. Which of the following is correct about this situation?

Herman wins if you acted unreasonably You win if the court finds that you were privileged in your actions

Sam points a water pistol at Jane who thinks Sam is going to kill her. Jane is terrified and runs away. Jane sues Sam. What will probably happen?

If the judge or jury felt that a reasonable person would be afraid, they would rule for Jane If the judge or jury felt that it was unreasonable to be afraid of that particular water pistol, they would rule for Sam

Which of the intentional torts does Texas NOT recognize?

Interference with prospective economic advantages

Howard and his girlfriend decide to drive through a crowd in the nude on his motorcycle to attend the "streak in" outside the Academic Building. The motorcycle dies and he has to jump start the motorcycle while she stands next to him trying to describe what to cover up. The student newspaper takes a picture and publishes it in the next edition of the paper and names of Howard and his girlfriend. If Howard and his girlfriend sue, what is the probable tort and result?

Invasion of privacy but they would lose

Mary tries to register the name of her product, "Twin Cities Pretzels", and is turned down by the federal government. Which of the following is true?

Mary can utilize state law for trademark protection

MacPhearson v. Buick Motor Co. established which type of products liability?

Negligence theory

During Boot Line when Texas A&M is playing Texas University on national TV and the game is covered by ABC. Puck the bad Ag drops his pants and shows his tattoos of "Beat to" on his left cheek and "12 Man Rocks" on his right cheek. He is caught on national TV during the half time activities part of the ABC coverage with his pants down. The following week Puck is expelled from Texas A&M University and IBM calls him and tells him that the job offer they had made is no longer a realistic option. Both were done due to the TV incident. Puck sues ABC for invasion of privacy. What will be the result of Puck's lawsuit?

Puck will lose because what he did was in public

The Student Body President at a major university goes to a party and gets drunk. He then tells all of the attendees at the party that the very popular basketball coach is really a child molester and that he was at a meeting where the President of the University decided to fire the coach. One of the party goers is the editor of the university student newspaper and she makes this the headline story in the next edition of the paper. The basketball coach sues for defamation per se. What must he prove to win?

That the statements were false That the harm is so bad that he does not have to prove it That the supposed defamation was actually published

Which of the following forms of intellectual property are protected only under state law or common law?

Trade names

Negligence requires:

a duty owned to the injured party, harm to the injured party, breach of the duty, causation

Lee takes a picture of the sunset with a windmill in front of the sun. The windmill is not associated with any product or company. He decides that he wants to protect the photograph as his intellectual property. His best way to do so would by:

copyright.

Mary thinks that Sterling is the best looking guy in school. Mary asks Sterling out and he rejects her. She finds out that Sterling is gay and dances at a gay bar. Mary tells the whole class at the next class meeting. Sterling sues Mary for defamation and invasion of privacy. Sterling will:

lose the defamation case if in fact he is gay and lose the invasion of privacy case since he dances in public at a gay bar and who cares if he is gay.

In Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.the Supreme Court held that a Mexican-style restaurant could not copy the decor of a competitor because of the law protecting:

trade dress.

The Lanham Act covers:

trademarks.

Defenses to assault and battery include all of the following except:

truth